Example sentences of "rely on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Instead , Washington relied on the public 's dwindling interest in the two-year-old disaster , the shortness of its memory , and what Ian Bell had described as ‘ the iron laws of the press ’ to blur the improbabilities that riddled the authorized version of events .
2 Er , mind many people , many people relied on the cycle er for to get about you see .
3 At the utmost , the allegation that he relied on the testator 's promise seems to me to import no more than that he believed the testator would be as good as his word .
4 In his judgment , Nourse LJ relied on the defendant 's argument that the plaintiff had actual knowledge of the position and that the plaintiff had led the defendant to believe that it considered the fact not to be material .
5 Ever since the Marquis of Mantua failed to defeat the French at Fornovo in the 1490s ( a period which must have been almost as barbaric and unpleasant as the 1980s ) , this sunsoaked land has had to endure invasion and rely on the assassin 's knife or the patriot 's bullet to even the score .
6 For these reasons alone many surveyors decide not to send letters in advance and rely on the interviewers ' skills in being able to explain to people on their doorsteps what the survey is about and why they should help with it .
7 Often the client is seen by the most junior doctors , who rely on the sister 's expertise to dress the wound .
8 The explicit theoretical approach which we adopted in 5 should certainly not be necessary ( unless our students are students of linguistics ! ) , but we will need forgive examples of alternative ways of ordering information in an English clause ( as we did with the John ate fish and chips sentence in 5.4 ) and then rely on the students ' ability to acquire a sense of which is contextually most suitable .
9 Whereas aphids rely on the ants ' normal aggression against predators , the caterpillar administers an aggression-arousing drug and it seems to slip them something addictively binding as well .
10 In a business sale , the buyer will be less likely to be able to take advantage of the implied warranty , particularly because he may well be as expert as the seller in dealing with the goods which are the subject matter of the contract , and so will not ( or it will not be reasonable for him to ) rely on the seller 's judgment and skill .
11 Where evidence is relevant , the court almost always relies on the chairman 's notes of evidence in tribunal proceedings , on the county court judge 's note , or on the transcript .
12 Now essentially this also relies on the children 's using their imaginations to find answers — as in the case of the ‘ sewer ’ and the ‘ Lost Valley ’ contexts — but the difference is that ( a ) each ‘ find ’ is given due weight and attention , is publicly shared , evaluated , accepted or rejected , ( b ) the focus within which their imaginations can have free range is defined from the beginning , i.e. the puzzle is clear — ‘ what could be a logical solution ? ’ is the name of the game , and ( c ) the problem-solving does not have to be hurried by action .
13 Thus , for instance , the implied term that goods supplied under a contract of sale should be fit for the buyer 's purpose ( SGA 1979 , s14(3) ) only applies if the buyer makes known to the seller the purpose for which it wants the goods , relies on the seller 's skill or judgment , and does so reasonably .
14 Even if the buyer relies on the seller 's skill or judgment , the implied condition can not be invoked where this reliance is unreasonable .
15 The method is simple and it relies on the duck 's instinct to try to chase away a threatening fox .
16 But such an interpretation of the very salient sex differences which plainly do exist , and are moreover theoretically important , relies on the analyst 's capacity to assign a comparable social class index score to both males and females .
17 Like advertising , it relies on the viewer 's instant recognition , while trying to shock the same viewer out of this automatic reaction .
18 ( 5 ) To what extent has one party relied on the other 's advice .
19 He can only rely on the doctor 's skill and good faith .
20 But for this conclusion to be reached , it must be established that the accountant ought to have known that the third party would rely on the accountant 's work in the way and for the purpose alleged .
21 For example , where an execution only customer ( whose relationship with a broker/dealer was that of principal in respect of decisions as to which securities to purchase and at what price ) starts to take and rely on the broker/dealer 's advice as to what to buy , a fiduciary element may be introduced into the relationship rendering the clause defining the relationship as that between two principals ineffective .
22 On the evidence in the present case I am satisfied that one reason why the plaintiff did so much for the deceased was her belief that , although she was not a blood relative of his , he would leave his estate to her on his death ; but , on the authority of Greasley v Cooke [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1306 , if the evidence was not sufficient to establish this positively , the plaintiff would still succeed on the fourth element in the absence of proof that she did not rely on the deceased 's statements .
23 O. M. Honoré pointed out that even if an ( informal ) arbitration concluded in my favour , if I later become convinced that my original claim was mistaken I should acknowledge the claim of the other litigant rather than rely on the arbitrator 's decision .
24 If the buyer does not rely on the seller 's skill or judgment he will have no claim under section 14(3) .
25 Not only is the purpose for which the consumer buys consumer goods more likely to be known to the seller ( particularly by implication ) but it is far more likely that the consumer will rely on the seller 's judgment and skill .
26 The fact that where goods are designed and manufactured to the buyer 's special order the seller will have greater knowledge of the buyer 's requirements and the buyer will rely on the seller 's skill may make it less reasonable for the seller to exclude or limit liability ; on the other , hand , if goods are manufactured to the buyer 's special order , it may be more reasonable to expect the buyer to insure against losses .
27 The argument here is that the buyer can rely on the seller 's breach as a waiver of performance so as to justify refusal to accept delivery .
28 Provided the speed is good it can be released halfway through the turn , relying on the board 's momentum to carry it through .
29 Unfortunately IBM has not submitted it yet to the likes of X/Open Co Ltd , neither has it signed any deals with the likes of DEC to push MQSeries on its own machines : instead the firm is relying on the system 's own merits to attract software developers .
30 Lloyd did well to nurse Small through one or two key matches , relying on the bowler 's experience even when not flat out .
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